Chemical, genetic and structural assessment of pyridoxal kinase as a drug target in the African trypanosome

Pyridoxal-5′-phosphate (vitamin B6) is an essential cofactor for many important enzymatic reactions such as transamination and decarboxylation. African trypanosomes are unable to synthesise vitamin B6de novo and rely on uptake of B6 vitamers such as pyridoxal and pyridoxamine from their hosts, which...

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Main Authors: Jones, Deuan C, Alphey, Magnus S, Wyllie, Susan, Fairlamb, Alan H
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3470933/